Alyla Browne

Ryan Corr

Penelope Mitchell

Robyn Nevin

Noni Hazlehurst

Silvia Colloca

Danny Kim

Jermaine Fowler

Tony J. Black

Alcira Carpio

Kate Walsh

Lee Perry

Jett Berry

Kade Berry

Adrian Politowski

Brad Shield

Kiah Roache-Turner

Luke Doolan

Fiona Donovan

Diana Robertson

Anna Drubich

Nikki Barrett

Lesley Parker

John Logue

Georgia Woods

William Gammon

Sam Gain-Emery

Rupert Hollier

Martin Metz

Alison Thompson

Mark Gooder

Josh Pomeranz

Doris Pfardrescher

Diana Le Dean

Nadia Khamlichi

Nessa McGill

Sierra Garcia

Jamie Hilton

Michael Pontin

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Sting is a decent little by the numbers horror. 

A dark take on the novel Charlotte's Web, Sting offers up a skin crawlingly, creepy horror experience. Its struggling middle class, suburban setting, with the usual issues you might find in any home, is starkly contrasted with an alien, other worldly, eight legged horror.

This film is simple but well done. It sensibly starts off, quite literally, small and then grows, gradually amplifying the extent and scope of of the scares, which are predominantly of the jump in your seat, variety. Probably not one, I would think, for those of us, with a weak ticker.

In summary, neat little horror film, with subject matter most people would find creepily unsettling. Worth a look.

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Nope, it's not very original - but it does have "Granny Helga" (Noni Hazlehurst)! It's the worst snow storm in ages and she summons poor old bug-hunter "Frank" (Jermaine Fowler) to investigate some noises coming from within her apartment walls. He turns up, despite the sub-zero temperatures, and pretty soon appears to be part of the problem! What's going on? Well we skip back a few days and discover that a meteor storm has deposited a small spider into the care of "Charlotte" (Alyla Browne). She shoves it in a jar and rather ruthlessly feeds it live insects - that's her first mistake. It gets a taste for things, it's also quite adept at unscrewing the jar lid from the inside, too. The more it eats, the more it grows, the more it grows, the bigger the snack it needs! Nobody is safe as her family - mum (Penelope Mitchell), new husband "Ethan" (Ryan Corr) and baby "Liam" might soon be on the lunch menu too! Meantime, the entertainingly amnesiac grandparent sails through the whole thing completely oblivious. Or is she, really? Nothing about the acting nor the writing stand out here and the usual dysfunctional familial dynamic does nothing for the story either. As to the visual effects, the budget - or the imagination - clearly wasn't there to make much of these and our critter barely features as we develop and pad out the thinnest of stories. It's perfectly watchable but it will be fine to wait to watch on television.

Good viewing.

<em>'Sting'</em> gave me what I desired, albeit without properly enthralling me at any point. It's a well done horror flick, I do prefer these sorta ones where it is more the characters getting unsettled rather than the audience with cheap jump scares etc. The run time of around 90 minutes is astutely chosen, also.

The cast are positives. Alyla Browne produces a sturdy showing, while Ryan Corr is good too. The likes of Penelope Mitchell and Jermaine Fowler support nicely. Robyn Nevin's Gunter character was the only I didn't really rate. Away from them, the effects for the spider are effective, I like how it changes throughout.

There perhaps could've been some more fun had with the kills, though what is there sufficed for me to be honest.